Match-holder.



S. M. FRIEDE.

MATCHHOLDERP APPLICATION FILED bEc' I4. i914.

1,203,867, Patented Nov. 7, 1910.

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YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICACi O,ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MATCH-HOLDER.

aeoaeea To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. FRIEDE, a citizen of the United States,and resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

- The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap andeflicient case or holder for'card or book-matches of the kind nowextensively used as an advertising medium.

My invention, generally stated, comprises an open-end casing,(preferably approximat' ing the wedge-like form of a book-m tchApplication filed'llecember 14,

mm Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. rare. 1914. Serial No. 877.014.

7 view of the body member ofithe holder. Fig.

package,) one ofthe inner Walls of which is provided with retainingmeans, such as I spaced grooves or channels, with which the back or'cover portion of the package may be readily engaged adjacent the headsand basal portions of the matches by sliding the package endwi se intothe casing in a path at right angles to the length of In one form of myinvention the casing comprises associated body and cover members,whereof the latter is slidingly fitted to the former so that the matchesand the ignition or striking surface of the package may be readilyuncovered; and in another form of my inventionthe cover member. is anintegral or fixed part of the body member, and the match package (whichis slidingly fitted to the internal grooves or ways of the struc ture,as in the other form,) is adapted to be partly withdrawn from either endof the structure to expose the matches and the igni tion or strikingsurface.

My invention comprehends the structura'l' characteristics aboveindicatedandalso various other novel and usefulfeatures of constructionwhich will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawihgsFigure l is a perspective View of a match-holderembodying the preferred form of my invention, showing the holder ascontaining a book-match pack age, and the cover member a's'partly withdrawn to expose the matches and ignition surface of the package. Fig. 2is an inner the matches.

3 1s a similar view of the cover member. Fig. 4: is an end View,enlarged, of the holder. Fig. 5 is a plan of the holder showing thecover as partly withdrawn from the holder member. Fig. 6 is a verticalsection of the upper part of the holder, on a plane through the stopsfor limiting the movement of the cover relatively to the body, thedotted lines on-one side indicating the cover as slid open. Fig. 7 is aperspective view of a modification showing the matches and ignitionsur-' face as exposed on one side of the holder.

Fig. 8 is a rear view of the modified structure- The form of my improvedmatch. holder illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, compresent ani:overhanging ledge lt. This ledge is preferably arched or curved as seen.The cover nember comprises a main portion having its lower and upperedges bent to provide a channel flange 15 and a ledge 16 respectively,which are so disposed'that they may he slidingly fitted to and upon the.

flange 12 and the ledge 14: respectively of the body member. The twomembers thus associated provide a casin open at-its" ends.

These members are so formed and proportioned that an ordinary book-matchpackage with the cover fold a thereof cut oft or doubled backuponitself, justabove the heads of the group or groups of matches 3), may beinserted edgewise into and held fiat-v wise within the casing, that isto say, the

marginal portion 0 and the" upper cut or folded edge of the back a ofthe package may be slid snugly into the channel flanges 12, '13respectively, withthe' matches. lying forward or adjacent the covermember, and thereby concealed and protected. The pack age may be slidinto or from either open end effectually supported adjacent the head andbasal portions of the matches.

By sliding the cover beyond either open end of the body member thematches and the ignition surface of the marginal portion of the card orpackage will be exposed, thus enabling the matches to be individuallytorn or broken off and their heads to be readily struck on the ignitionsurface. (See Fig. 1.)

Suitably-disposed stops are preferably provided on the two members inorder to limit the range of the opening movement of the cover. In thepresent instance the ledge 16 of the cover member is provided near itsends with inwardly and downwardly extending tongues 17, struck from themetal,

. and the ledge 14 of the body member is also provided near its endswith inwardly and upwardly extending tongues 18 similarly struck fromthe metal; the two pairs of tongues thus being yielding and being insuch opposed relation to each other that when the cover is slidto theright, the left hand tongue 17 glides upon and past the adjacent lowertongue 18, but interlocks with the opposing right hand lower tongue todetermine therewith the extent of move ment of the cover to the right,and that when the cover is slid to the left the right hand tongue 17glides upon and past the corresponding lower tongue 18, but interlockswith the opposing left hand tongue to limit the extent of movement ofthe cover to the left. By virtue of their opposite angular relation toeach other the respective tongues permit the cover to be readily slid toits closed position upon the body member.

In Figs. 7 and 8 is shown a modified construction, wherein the body 10and cover 11 comprising the casing, are fixed relatively to each other,and whereinthe match card or package may be slid beyond either open endof the casing in order to expose 'the matches and the ignition surface.In this 'form of my invention-the body and ,cover portions of the holderare preferably com posed of a single piece of material, the coverportion being a continuation of'the ledge 14 of the body portion, asshown. The body is conveniently provided 'at its edges with recesses 19to permit the match card or package to be readilyseized and drawn 5 fromeither end of the holder, as desired.

' I claim? 1. A. match holder comprising a casing open at its ends andprovided on one of its inner walls with vertically spaced means forslidingly engaging and holding a match package adjacent the head andbasal portions of the matches, whereby said package can be slid into orfrom either open end of the casing in a path at right angles to thelength of the matches. 1

2. A match holder comprising associated body and cover portions,-thebody portion having therein top and bottom channels adapted to receiveand slidingly hold the upper and lower edges respectively of a matchpackage adjacent the head and basal portions of the matches, wherebysaidpackage can be slid into or from either open end of the casing in a pathat right angles to the length of the matches.

3. A match holder comprising a body portion having therein top andbottom channels adapted to receive and slidingly hold the upper andlower edges respectively of a match package adjacent the head and basalportions of the matches, whereby said package can be slid into or fromeither open end of the casing in a path at right angles to the length ofthe matches, and comprising also a cover portion slidingly fitted, tothe body portion, whereby relative bodily endwise movement of the casingand the tively to the ledge and bottom flange of the body portion. I

5. A match holder comprising a body portion having channels on its innerside spaced to receive and slidingly hold the upper and lower edges of amatch package adjacent the head and basal portions of the matches;whereby sai package can be slid into or from either 0 en end of thecasing in a path at right gles to the length of the matches, a coveslidingly fitted to said body portion, and a limiting stop for thecover, whereby relative bodily endwise movement of the casing and thecover can be effected in order to expose the matches and the ignition orstriking surface therefor at either end of the casing.

I 6. A match holder comprising a body portion having means to receiveand hold a match package, and comprising also a cover slidingly fittedto said body portion, contiguous parts of said body portion and coverhaving oppositely inclined yielding stops in spaced relation to eachother;

7 A match holder comprising a tapering tubular casing open at its endsthroughout.

their length and provided at its lower narrow edge with a channel or waywhich en- 4 gages and slidingly holds the lower edge of the nmrgumllgnltlon portion of the package, whereby the sand package can he slidinto or from either open end of the casing in a, path at right angles tothe length of the nuitches.

